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Monday 25 April 2016

Uttarkannada Architecture

Uttarkannada Architecture

Uttar kannada is the coastal district of Karnataka, architecture of here has influenced by first kingdom of Kanrataka 'Kadamba' Banavasi is the place built by this kingdom they built the unique style of temples, monuments and also this place built in various temple ..so it become a tourist place as well as holy place for Hindus.


Tribal Architecture

Tribal architecture

Tribal architecture and culture, passed on through generations, these style is completely different from civilised architecture, Most commonly built by the rocks, wood, mudds other stones.  certain methods to construct the hut. First, boulders and small-sized rocks are placed on the ground. Wooden logs are kept on these boulders. Then, we use iron rods to crush the red soil. This is soaked in water for some time and mixed by treading. The soil is made into balls and these are raised as walls.


Buddhist Architecture

Buddhist Architecture

Buddhist religious architecture developed in the Indian Subcontinent in the 3rd century BCE.
Three types of structures are associated with the religious architecture of early Buddhism: monasteries (viharas), places to venerate relics (stupas), and shrines or prayer halls (chaityas also called chaitya grihas), which later came to be called temples in some places. Buddhist make unique style of architecture. Originated in India and and developed in Chaina.



Sunday 24 April 2016

kerala architecture

Kerala architecture

 The architecture of Kerala has been influenced by Dravidian and Indian Vedic architectural science (Vastu Shastra) over two millennium. The Tantrasamuchaya, Thachu-Shastra, Manushyalaya-Chandrika and Silparatna are important architectural sciences, which have had a strong impact in Kerala Architecture style. The Manushyalaya-Chandrika, a work devoted to domestic architecture is one such science which has its strong roots in Kerala.
Kerala traditional house

Temple


Traditional house ceilings

North East Indian Architecture

North East Indian Architecture

Assam is the easternmost State of India having a good number of monuments belonging to the medieval p3rio i.e., 5h-6th century A.D. to 19th century A.D. It maintained cultural relation with the main land. The present Bangladesh and the erstwhile West Pakistan was a part of India before the partition of the country and hence all cultural contacts with India Assam maintained with this part. It also maintained cultural contact with Burma. Hence , the influence on Assam’s architecture from outside.
Ancient God 
Old temple

Temple entrance 

Guwahati Assam

Himalayan Architecture

Himalayan Architecture

The Himalayan Ranges and the adjoining plains of the Tibetan Plateau have largely been imprinted by “Tibetan culture”. Its cultural influence extends far beyond the Tibet Autonomous Region in China – the former religious and political center – into large parts of Chinese provinces such as Qinghai, Sichuan, Gansu, Yunnan and Xinjiang as well as neighboring countries such as India (with Jammu & Kashmir, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh), northern Nepal and entire Bhutan.
Tripura Sundari temple
Himalayan Village

Type of houses

Karnataka Architecture

Karnataka Architecture

The antiquity of Architecture of Karnataka (gift of viswabrahmin)(Kannadaಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ವಾಸ್ತುಶಿಲ್ಪ) can be traced to its southern Neolithic and early Iron Age, Developed and took various shapes of architecture in various time span.
Hoysala stepped temple tank (Kalyani) at Hulikere, Karnataka
Mysore Aramane

Gomateswara.

Wednesday 20 April 2016

Mughal architecture

 Mughal architecture

Windows

 Mughal architecture is an architectural style developed by the Mughals in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries throughout the ever changing extent of their empire in Medieval India. It was an amalgamation of Islamic, Persian, and Indian architecture. Mughal buildings have a uniform pattern of structure and character, including large bulbous domes, slender minarets at the corners, massive halls, large vaulted gateways , curved shaped doors. Examples of the style can be found in India, Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan.
Agra

Agra Port


Panchmahal